Table 1 Basic clinical and serum biochemistry variables and their association with circulatory IL-17 concentrations

Patient #

404

IL-17 (ng/ml)

5.57 ± 18.74

Age (years)

59.37 ± 10.94

 − 76.4

Gender-Male

249 (61.6%)

 − 1956.2

HBV positivity^†

237 (58.7%)

 − 5019.2

HCV positivity^‡

128 (31.7%)

 − 1350.0

AST (IU/L)

45.38 ± 40.61

 − 48.2

ALT (IU/L)

39.76 ± 45.48

 − 54.2

Bilirubin (mg/dL)

1.43 ± 5.47

 − 344.1

AFP (ng/ml)

8.84 ± 28.99

 − 41.9

Albumin (g/dL)

3.61 ± 0.44

 − 3006.3

Total protein (g/dL)

7.21 ± 0.67

 − 3188.5

C3 (mg/dL)

96.42 ± 20.62

 − 163.1

C4 (mg/dL)

19.68 ± 8.40

 − 297.9

TSH (mU/L)

2.16 ± 4.70

 − 360.5

Free T4 (ng/dL)

1.07 ± 0.26

 − 9503.0

Sugar AC (mg/dL)

106.81 ± 35.66

 − 65.8

Glycohemoglobin (%)

6.07 ± 1.33

 − 1838.8

Insulin (mIU/L)

11.33 ± 12.31

 − 252.6

Insulin/Sugar

0.38 ± 2.21

 − 1128.2

HOMA-IR

2.68 ± 3.19

 − 868.3

Apo A1 (g/L)

1.37 ± 0.30

 − 10,512.7

Uric Acid (mg/dL)

5.97 ± 1.79

 − 1730.0

HDL (mg/dL)

48.70 ± 16.27

 − 97.3

VLDL (mg/dL)

20.67 ± 13.88

 − 175.2

LDL (mg/dL)

97.35 ± 30.80

 − 91.3

Cholesterol (mg/dL)

165.81 ± 36.85

 − 76.8

Triglyceride (mg/dL)

104.20 ± 63.69

 − 37.7

Ferritin (ng/mL)

274.01 ± 445.64

 − 3.2

Ceruloplasmin (mg/dL)

24.79 ± 5.43

 − 327.7

Iron (ug/dL)

119.29 ± 55.86

 − 8.1

TIBC (ug/dL)

326.69 ± 56.80

 − 45.7

UIBC (ug/dL)

200.22 ± 84.92

 − 42.0